tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post1972366268045584292..comments2024-03-28T17:34:21.418-07:00Comments on The South Fraser Blog: Are you critical of TransLink? For a fresh perspective, take Toronto's TTCNathan Pachalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647693133663879821noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-85864526014493197202015-10-28T09:05:54.406-07:002015-10-28T09:05:54.406-07:00During the plebiscite-we-shall-never-speak-of-agai...During the plebiscite-we-shall-never-speak-of-again, I found myself wondering how many of the vitriolic critics of TransLink had ever travelled to other Cities around North America and the world and attempted to use their public transit system. <br /><br />Many "World Cities" have great systems in the core of the City (where tourists spend most of their time), and abhorrent service in the edges. Travelling on Manhattan is obviously great (a City of 10+ million helps), and within the Loop in downtown Chicago, but try to get to and Anaheim Ducks game or the Science and Technology museum in South Chicago, and you find out what life is like in the periphery. As incredibly efficient as the Shanghai subway system is (20+ Million!), coordinating your ride around the various competing transit carriers in Kuala Lampur (7 Million!) is quite the challenge. Don't even get me started on Johannesburg, Ho Chi Minh City, or Bangkok. <br /><br />As it seems that BC voters won't pay for a system as good as we have, I don't know why they expect it to be like Berlin or Amsterdam. P@Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751993807476880734noreply@blogger.com